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Have you started planning for Christmas yet? Do you have all your presents picked out? Have you gotten all your shopping done already?--I bet some of you have! I have not done ANY shopping for Christmas yet. We have frugal Christmases here at the Talbott house.
Do you usually have a budget for your Christmas shopping? Do you find it difficult or easy to stay within your budget? I usually find that staying within budget isn't too difficult for me. There are things outside my budget that I do what, but I don't have a hard time saying no.
I have some ideas for my kids though. My Joey has been getting into Legos this year. I want to buy him more but I am not exactly sure what the best fit for him will be. I am considering something like this Lego Bucket. My little man enjoys building his own things, and this would be just the thing for him.
Have you started planning for Christmas yet? Do you have all your presents picked out? Have you gotten all your shopping done already?--I bet some of you have! I have not done ANY shopping for Christmas yet. We have frugal Christmases here at the Talbott house.
Do you usually have a budget for your Christmas shopping? Do you find it difficult or easy to stay within your budget? I usually find that staying within budget isn't too difficult for me. There are things outside my budget that I do what, but I don't have a hard time saying no.
I have some ideas for my kids though. My Joey has been getting into Legos this year. I want to buy him more but I am not exactly sure what the best fit for him will be. I am considering something like this Lego Bucket. My little man enjoys building his own things, and this would be just the thing for him.
The girls are a little bit different. My oldest loves puzzles, and so I am considering something like this for her:
I might need a few of those actually, Abi just finished one of these today in less than an hour, we might need to go a little more complicated. ;-)
My Sophia Princess has been begging for anything Unicorn! So maybe something like this:
My Sophia Princess has been begging for anything Unicorn! So maybe something like this:
The younger ones are into all sorts of things these days. Maybe I could get them a few things like these:
And While you are Thinking about all the wonderful gifts you want to buy for your children Don't forget about Making memories with your kids as well. There are some really amazing materials that are out right now. One of them is
I am really excited about Truth in the Tinsel. If you click the Link for ohAmanda.com it will Click here to visit ohAmanda.com.
It will take you to the site to purchase this wonderful resource that walks you through the days before Christmas with Scripture passages, crafts and together activities to help make new traditions for Christmas this year.
I have also been planning out some baking recipes for the coming weeks. I love sweets--even though I should be careful--but baking around the holidays is such a wonderful way to engage with your kids. I used a bunch of stuff from the book:
I have also been planning out some baking recipes for the coming weeks. I love sweets--even though I should be careful--but baking around the holidays is such a wonderful way to engage with your kids. I used a bunch of stuff from the book:
I am going to first make the walnut cookies that she has a recipe for in this wonderful book. I do recommend this great book, it was such a treat for us last year and I am looking forward to it this year. In fact I wish I had some extra supplies around the house right now, some peppermint biscotti sounds really yummy! So are you ready? I hope I have given you some ideas